[PATCH] kernel/capability.c get_task_comm compile error (MMOTM)

[Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>]

Using http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ timestamped "10-Nov-2007
22:46".

$ make
  CC      kernel/capability.o
kernel/capability.c: In function 'sys_capset':
kernel/capability.c:231: warning: passing argument 1 of 'get_task_comm' from incompatible pointer type
kernel/capability.c:231: error: too few arguments to function 'get_task_comm'
make[1]: *** [kernel/capability.o] Error 1
make[1]: Target `__build' not remade because of errors.
make: *** [kernel] Error 2

Small patch below fixes compile error.

Erez.


Signed-off-by: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>

diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index ea21bbe..8cba9b2 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -225,10 +225,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_capset(cap_user_header_t header, const cap_user_data_t data)
 	switch (version) {
 	case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1:
 		if (warned < 5) {
+			char name[sizeof(current->comm)];
 			warned++;
 			printk(KERN_INFO
 			       "warning: process `%s' sets w/ old libcap\n",
-			       get_task_comm(current));
+			       get_task_comm(name, current));
 		}
 		tocopy = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_1;
 		break;
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